Our next day in Elizabeth City was pretty, and hot! We got a text from one of the Coasties we met the previous night offering to sponsor us on a tour of the station! Mike and I walked into town and walked past a beautiful little park with American flags strewn about. Figured it was in preparation of Memorial Day. On our way back to the boat, we came across a ceremony the city put on to honor one of…
Disclaimer: this post is kind of crummy. We are rushing, a bit, through some parts as we are a bit behind on where we want to be this time of year. So, we are boating more and seeing less on land, which is all good, but makes for poor blogging. Mea Culpa. Friday, May 17…Pulled up anchor at 6:50am. Beautiful morning with calm seas. We wanted to take advantage of the rising tide. Around and north of Charleston has some…
Departed Brunswick, GA May 10 at around 9:30am. Skinny water, but the tide, thankfully, was on our side. We had to cross a number of sounds, most of which were kind. The Spell Sound, however, was not. Our previously clean girl got a good salt water bath. Arrived Walburg Creek anchorage about 5:15pm after a 57 mile day. Good day on the water. I didn’t take sunset pictures because the bugs here are something fierce and I didn’t dare step…
Had a wonderful visit home; was great to see our family and friends, and spend Easter with them. Was the first time my mom came home after her stroke. Was also our grand niece’s first big visit with her crazy family. Was a beautiful and blessed day. Flew back to Florida April 30. We ran errands and did chores the next day. That night, we rendezvoused with Mike’s first training officer, George, and his wife, Mo. Really fun visit. Hit…